Educational Measurement and Evaluation Research Papers/Topics

Social Factors and Students’ Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Serere County, Serere District, Uganda

ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of ~ocial factors on students’ discipline in selected secondary schools in Serere County, Serere District. To achieve the purpose of the study, three research objectives were set and these included: to ascertain the influence of social factors in secondary schools; to assess students discipline in secondary schools; to establish the relationship between the influence of social factors on students discipline in secondary school~. The design used...

Principals Decision Making Strategies and Secondary School Teacher’s Effectiveness in Ijumu Local Government Area Kogi State

ABSTRACT           The leadership roles of the principal as the chief executive in the school is enormous. He plays a key role in the success and failure of the organisations. They study therefore investigated principal decision making strategies on teacher effectiveness in secondary schools specifically, the objectives of this study were to determined (i) examine who decision are made by the principals the secondary school level; (ii) asses t at decision making strategies on teache...

Socio-Economic Status of Parents and Students’ Academic Performance in Lagelu Local Government Area, Oyo State

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Teachers Perceptions Of The Performance Appraisal System Effectiveness In Public Secondary Schools In Naivasha And Gilgil Districts, Nakuru County

ABSTRACT Effective performance appraisal system depends on how it addresses itself to the views and attitudes of the teachers in the school. Since 2012, teachers in Kenya have been appraised using a revised system of appraisal whose effectiveness has not been verified. The purpose of this study was to explore the teachers‟ perceptions on the effectiveness of the appraisal system. The specific objectives of the study were to: establish teachers‟ perceptions about the effectiveness of the ...

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ VIEWS AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE USE OF COMPUTER BASED TEST FOR EXAMINATION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN.

This study investigated undergraduates’ views and attitudes toward the use of computer for examination among the Faculty of Education and Agriculture students in the University of Ilorin. The researcher investigated the view of undergraduates on the use of computer for examination and also their attitudes towards its usage for examination. The researcher also invested whether gender has an influence on undergraduates’ views and attitudes toward computer examination and also, whether Facul...

Emotional Intelligence And Attitude as Predictors of Achievement in Mathematics

ABSTRACT The innate feelings of a learner has been identified as a great factor influencing learning and overt achievement of a learner Salovey and Mayer (1990), thus the importance to study learners through Emotional Intelligence and Attitude disposition toward learning and its eventual outcomes. This study examined how Emotional Intelligence and Attitude can predict Achievement in Mathematics of Secondary School students. Two Hundred (200) Students were selected among five public secondary ...

ISSUES OF EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN EBONYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Western education has become synonymous with modern civilization, enlightenment and socialization. This is because the more advanced nations of the world, with their superlative and result-oriented qualitative education have become the unassailable parameters for human transformation, innovation and social change (Emaikwu, 2012). Education is expected to train the mind of its recipient for effective performance. It equips the individual with th...

EFFECTS OF PEER-ASSESSMENT ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN COMPUTER SCIENCE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EZZA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE.

The study investigated the effects of peer assessment on students’ academic achievement in junior secondary school computer science. The study employed quasi-experimental design. The study was conducted on two secondary schools. In one of the schools intact class of Jss II was assign to the treatment group while in the other secondary school the intact class Jss II were assigned to the control group. The treatment group was taught concepts in measures of central tendency in Microsoft exc...

Criterion-Referenced Measurement for Educational Evaluation and Selection

Abstract In recent years, Sweden has adopted a criterion-referenced grading system, where the grade outcome is used for several purposes, but foremost for educational evaluation on student- and school levels as well as for selection to higher education. This thesis investigates the consequences of using criterion-referenced measurement for both educational evaluation and selection purposes. The thesis comprises an introduction and four papers that empirically investigate school grades and gra...